Empathonic 2025


Exploring the Serenade of Empathy through Sonic Interventions

Berlin, Germany – March 2025 — Following the resounding echoes of its 2024 debut  edition, Empathonic returns in 2025 as a powerful testament to the transformative force of music in cultivating empathy, inclusivity, and creative solidarity. Hosted at the riverside cultural venue Novilla in Berlin’s Schöneweide district, Empathonic 2025 will present a dynamic five-part concert series curated as immersive live radio shows, spotlighting a spicy conspiracy of pop, experimental music, and those frequencies in between.

Spearheaded by söydivision and Moving Poets e.V., with support from Musicboard Berlin , this second annual series deepens its mission to reimagine Schöneweide’s cultural landscape—once defined by industrial grit and social tension—through sonic interventions that inspire connection across backgrounds.

A Collective of Collectives
Empathonic 2025 brings together a dynamic coalition of artists and curators, forming a “collective of collectives.” Alongside Soydivision’s Ariel Orah  and Moving Poets’s Till Schmidt-Rimpler, this year curatorial voices include Eiliyas (Black Communion, MIxtape Menage) and Amuleto Manuela (SAVVY Contemporary, Raumstrategien Weisßensee Kunsthochschule), each contributing to an eclectic, intergenerational, and interlocal lineup of diverse performers.
Featured artists will be announce in end of April via https://www.soydivision.berlin/empathonic

Transforming Schöneweide
Long characterized by a lack of inclusive cultural spaces and a fraught political history, Schöneweide is undergoing a quiet but powerful transformation. Empathonic is aim to play a role in this evolution—anchoring a renewed cultural presence that amplifies underrepresented voices in a neighborhood still under the radar of Berlin’s music scene.

“Schöneweide has a complex history, but also tremendous potential. Through Empathonic, we envisioned space for radical empathy, for celebration and conversation,” says Ariel Orah, co-founder of Soydivision and a Schöneweide resident.

The venue Novilla—a revitalized historic villa run by Moving Poets Berlin—is emblematic of this transformation. A once-forgotten site now thrives as a hub for contemporary art, performance, and community dialogue.
Empathonic 2025 Concert Dates

  • April 18

  • June 28

  • August 30

  • October 25


Each event will welcome a live audience and be broadcasted later via radio and online platforms https://assoy.soydivision.berlin/ . Events are wheelchair accessible, feature gender-neutral restrooms, and adhere to a strict zero-tolerance policy on all forms of discrimination.

Organizers
Soydivision Berlin is a diasporic, Indonesian-led collective that merges performing arts and activism, fostering socially engaged and emotionally resonant art experiences.
www.soydivision.berlin

Moving Poets e.V. is an international community of multidisciplinary artists creating meaningful, inclusive cultural projects since 1996.
www.movingpoets.org


Contact for Press & Collaborations:
📧 empathonic@soydivision.berlin
📍 Novilla, Hasselwerderstraße 22, 12439 Berlin-Schöneweide